A/HRC/45/CRP.11 The Arrest and Detention of C4FF08 1151. C4FF08 lived with his family in a single-storey house in the Manaure sector.2032 At the time of the events, he had two jobs, as a merchant seaman and restaurant waiter. C4FF08 told the Mission that, around 4 a.m. on 14 September 2015, between 10 and 15 DIEP and GNB officers broke into the house, without a search warrant.2033 Some officers were in uniform, others in civilian clothes. They carried long and short weapons.2034 1152. C4FF07, a female relative who was inside the house, woke up when five officers entered her room, pointing guns at the people present. When she left the room, she saw another 15 officers in the house, belonging to various security forces. They forced the men present in the house to lie face down on the living room floor and kitchen. The officers hit one of them with their weapons. The other two were lying in underwear, also face down. The officers shouted, calling them “damned dogs”.2035 1153. According to C4FF07, the officers forced her to leave the house, with her two-yearold baby in her arms.2036 When she resisted, the police hit her in the stomach. The baby was left naked, without a diaper.2037 In the alley, she saw about 50 police officers, official vehicles and dozens of motorcycles.2038 The agents were forcing some of the neighbours to kneel in front of their houses, with their hands above their heads. C4FF07 walked the short distance to her parents’ house, where she waited for the operation to end.2039 1154. According to C4FF07, there was no one home when she returned after a couple of hours. Their furniture was upside down and objects were missing, including cell phones, watches, cash, food, school uniforms and car parts.2040 1155. C4FF08 told the Mission that the officers had taken him and his two other male relatives out of the house in handcuffs and escorted them 20 metres to another house where 15 of their neighbours were also detained. 2041 At around 7 a.m., the officers took them in CPBEZ vehicles to the DIEP command in Los Patrulleros sector. Around 30 more men were detained there. The young man was questioned about the profile and occupation of the other two brothers, C4FF19 and C4FF20, who were killed during the OLP.2042 1156. According to the Mission’s interview with C4FF08, at the DIEP command, General Vargas gave instructions to his men. He pointed at C4FF08 and threatened to imprison him and plant drugs on him. Two policemen started punching him and telling him he had been unlucky. The beating caused C4FF08 to faint. When he regained consciousness, he was alone in a small cell. The other detainees, including his male relatives, had been released around 9 p.m. He did not know the reasons for his arrest, until two days later, when brought before the judge.2043 1157. C4FF08 told the Mission that, during the time he spent in the CPBEZ commando in the Patrulleros sector, he could not use the toilet, and had to relieve himself in a plastic bag and a pot.2044 He was not permitted to leave the cell. His relatives brought food daily and he 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 Ten years ago the Manaure sector became a dangerous area of Santa Rosa due to the action of criminal gangs dedicated to the theft of boats/motors, and the control of drug trafficking in the city of Maracaibo. On the night of 13 September 2015, a few hours before the OLP, a confrontation took place between the Manaure gang and the Echo del Zulia gang, in which two young people belonging to the first group died. Mission Interview C4FF07 in June 2020. Mission Interview with C4FF08 in June 2020. Ibid. Mission Interview with C4FF08 in June 2020. Mission Interview C4FF07 in June 2020. Ibid. Mission Interview C4FF07 in June 2020. Ibid. Ibid. Mission Interview C4FF08 in June 2020. Ibid. Ibid. Ibid. 225